Take a deep breath, kids. Yoga by the Bay is back on Marine Drive with a special children's theme. So this Sunday, toddlers, tweens and teens will line up along the promenade to try their hand at downward-facing dog or arch their back in the cat pose.

The programme the children will follow on Sunday is called `Grow Tall with Mickey Mehta'. “We are going to challenge the child constitution in a calibrated way ,“ explains Mehta, adding that the programme is designed to “create the champions and heroes of tomorrow“.

On the last Sunday of every month since July last year, thousands of people have thronged to the sea face for `Yoga by
the Bay', a joint initiative of Shaina NC, her father Nana Chudasama's NGO I Love Mumbai and holistic health guru Mickey Mehta, supported by The Times of India.
“In this fast-paced life, we just feed kids anything without realizing the impact in the long term,“ said BJP politician Shaina NC. “I think yoga nullifies a lot of it.“

“The event started after the
tremendous response to World Yoga Day on June 21 when aro und 8,000 people came out de spite the rain,“ explained Shai na NC. The 1.3km stretch ex tends from Pizza By The Bay a Kilachand Chowk to the Mari ne Drive flyover. In the past the mes have ranged from `Yoga for senior citizens' ­ Mehta had de signed a special workout for the occasion ­ to `Clean Mum bai, Green Mumbai,' which was marked by the distribu tion of saplings.

“I think the reason why Yo ga by the Bay has picked up so much is because every month we have a different peg,“ says Shaina NC. “The success of this festival is because it is not limited to a segment of society but every Mumbaikar, who wants to invest in good living and good health.“